Guilty

Yesterday, at 09:00 UK time, the Parliamentary Eithics Committee released its report on whether former PM, Alexander Boris de Piffel Johnson, misled the House.

The concluded he did.

And recommended a 90 day suspension from the Commons, when just one of 10 days would have triggered a by-election.

Instead of fighting what Johnson calls an injustice and kangaroo court, toe make representations to those who voted him their MP, he chickened out. Preferring to snipe from the sidelines.

The committee also concuded he misled the Committee itself.

That Johnson is a liar should surprise no one.

That it took so long for the checks and balances of the political system to catch up and pass judgement is problematic. Because currently a Member of the Commons gets into more trouble for accusing another Memeber of lying than the Member who lied. And until that is corrected, and there is no real consequence for repeated mistruths at the dispatch box, Johnson and Sunak will contine to lie and mislead.

Biggest issue is that the Conservative Party knew what Johnson was like, and elected him leader anyway, and cheered on his lies from the Government benches. Until they, and in the US the GOP, decides to return to the truch and fact-based polices, then there is every chance this will keep happening.

On Fleet Street, the Mail and Express predicatably, come out batting for Johnson, repeating his (further) lies and accusations at the committee, while the Torygraph publishes un-named threats that those who vote to censure Johnson will face deselection before the next election.

But these are empty threats.

The Johnson camp is now pretty small in the Commons, but that matters not as Johnson has a new gig, writing for the Daily (Hate) Mail. A job for which he failed to get permission from the standards watchdog for.

Johnson is naked and in disgrace, his only weapon now is more accusations of a stitch up, and the Remainer Blob trying to undo Brexit. Its like watching a 59 year old toddler reaching into his nappy and smearing the contents all over his face, and happy to do so.